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Uproar in France over award-winning author accused of using AI

36 points · 87 comments · harscoat

  1. suddenlybananas · · focus · HN ↗
    There's important extra context on this case in that the author has been discovered to be a flagrant plagiarist. He won an award in 2014 for a work which was almost entirely ripped from a French novel in the 60s.

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lapresse.ca&#x2F;arts&#x2F;litterature&#x2F;2026-09-23&#x2F;thelyson-orelien-rattrape-par-un-passe-de-plagiaire.php" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lapresse.ca&#x2F;arts&#x2F;litterature&#x2F;2026-09-23&#x2F;thelyson...

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